Every year on the big day when Guanyin opens the treasury, believers will also go to the Guanyin Temple to borrow treasury, hoping to enhance the luck of wealth, career and health in the new year. This year the epidemic subsided, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Chinese Temples Committee’s Guanyin Loan 2023 event also resumed on-site borrowing, while maintaining online lending and valet lending. The following is a collection of the dates, auspicious times, taboos and various events The latest arrangement of the temple is for your reference.
The origin of Avalokitesvara
The 26th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the day when Guanyin opens the warehouse. According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, people in Guangdong held a “lettuce party” (“lettuce” and “shengcai” are homophonic) on the 26th day of the first lunar month, and that day was also the birthday of Avalokitesvara in white clothes, so the people prayed to Avalokitesvara for blessings and prosperity.
Another theory refers to the fact that 500 Dharma Protector Arhats wanted to test the cultivation of Avalokitesvara, so they turned into monks and went to the Avalokitesvara Temple for alms. library’s big day. To this day, believers borrow from Guanyin on the opening day of Guanyin. In addition to praying for wealth, they also pray for good luck such as children, health, and studies.
Date and auspicious time of Guanyin Loan Bank 2023
This year’s Guanyin borrowing date is February 16, 2023 (the 26th day of the first lunar month) in the new calendar. The auspicious time includes February 15 from 11:00 pm to February 16th at 3:00 am, and February 16th from 7:00 am to am 9:00 pm, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm on February 16.
Avalokitesvara loan location
In response to the decline in the epidemic situation, Lie Shing Temple in Sheung Wan, Tsz Wan Shan Avalokitesvara Buddhist Hall, Shui Yue Temple in Mong Kok, and Yau Ma Tei Social Altar under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals will resume holding the Avalokitesvara Open Library, and will continue to hold the online “Avalokitesvara Open Library”. During the first month of the lunar calendar, the staff on duty at the temples of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals will conduct a rapid COVID-19 antigen test every three days to protect the health of staff and believers. The Chinese Temple Committee also responded to on-site borrowing, and some temples will provide reservations for borrowing on behalf of customers.
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals temples Guanyin opening details:
Lit Shing Kung, Sheung Wan
Maximum number of people entering at the same time: 60 people
Opening period of Guanyin warehouse: from 11:00 pm on February 15, 2023 to 6:00 pm on February 16, 2023 (overnight and daytime)
Queuing location: Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, turn onto the footpath towards Sifang Street
Tsz Wan Shan Guan Yin Temple
Maximum number of people entering at the same time: 60 people
Opening hours of Guanyin warehouse: February 16, 2023 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (one day)
Queuing location: Tsz Wan Shan Avalokitesvara Temple Platform, Sha Tin Au Road, Tsz Wan Shan
Mong Kok Water Moon Palace
Maximum number of people entering at the same time: 40 people
Opening period of Guanyin warehouse: from 11:00 pm on February 15, 2023 to 7:00 pm on February 16, 2023 (overnight and daytime)
Queuing location: Yan Po Fong Street, Mong Kok, near the train bridge sidewalk
Yau Ma Tei Community Forum
Maximum number of people entering at the same time: 40 people
Opening period of Guanyin warehouse: from 11:00 pm on February 15, 2023 to 6:00 pm on February 16, 2023 (overnight and daytime)
Queuing location: Yau Ma Tei Temple Street / Public Square Street Rest Garden
Online borrowing
step one,From now until 12:00 noon on the 25th of the first lunar month (February 15), free registration becomesTung Wah Group of Hospitals Temple and Cultural Promotion Service WebsiteMembers, select “Register Temple Services”.
Step two,From 11:00 p.m. on the twenty-sixth day of the first month of the Kuimao year (February 15), toTung Wah Group of Hospitals Temple and Cultural Promotion Service Website“Touch library” and know the result of “touch library” in real time.
Step three,Faithful believers can go to the temple of their choice from the first day of February (February 20) to February 30th (March 21) to collect the blessings in person with the confirmation email, or choose to send them by surface mail.
Chinese Temples CommitteeDetails of the opening of Guanyin library in each temple:
Tai Hang Lotus Palace
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 6:00 pm on the next day (February 16th)
Aberdeen Tin Hau Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 2:00 am on the next day (February 16th), from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on February 16th
Wong Nai Chung Pak Tai Tam Kung Temple and Tin Hau Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 3:00 am the next day (16/2), from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on February 16th
Shau Kei Wan Tin Hau Ancient Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 6:00 pm on the next day (February 16th)
Shau Kei Wan Tam Kung Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 2:00 am on the next day (February 16th), from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on February 16th
Wanchai Yuk Hsu Palace (Pak Tai Temple)
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 2:30 am on the next day (February 16th), from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on February 16th
To Kwa Wan Tin Hau Ancient Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: from 11:00 p.m. on February 15th to 3:00 a.m. on the next day (February 16th), from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on February 16th
Hung Hom Pak Tai Ancient Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm on February 16
Hung Hom Kwun Yam Temple
Opening hours during the opening of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15 to 8:00 pm on the next day (February 16) (to prepare for the opening of Guanyin, the temple will be closed at 5:00 on February 15)
Sham Shui Po Third Prince and Pak Tai Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on February 16
Sham Shui Po Tin Hau Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 2:00 am on the next day (February 16th), from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on February 16th
Cha Kwo Ling Tin Hau Temple
Opening hours during the opening period of Guanyin: From 11:00 pm on February 15th to 2:00 am on the next day (February 16th), from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on February 16th
In addition to visiting temples to borrow treasury in person, some temples of the Chinese Temples Committee also provide reservations to borrow treasury on behalf of customers. Devotees who have successfully made an appointment can go to the relevant temple to collect the borrowed items after the Guanyin warehouse is opened (that is, from February 17th).
The contact information of the temples of the Chinese Temples Committee:
Sham Shui Po Tin Hau Temple
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：6313 5862
Sham Shui Po Third Prince and Pak Tai Temple
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：9260 9163
Tai Hang Lotus Palace
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：5543 3004
Hung Hom Kwun Yam Temple
Appointment date: From now until 4:00 pm on February 16
Whatsapp：9574 2278/9159 8272
Cha Kwo Ling Tin Hau Temple
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：5626 2792
To Kwa Wan Tin Hau Ancient Temple
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：9105 4128
Wan Chai Yuk Hsu Palace
Appointment date: From now until 3:00 pm on February 14
Whatsapp：9701 4067
Guanyin borrowing process
If you borrowed the treasury last year, you must return it before borrowing the treasury this year to thank God. On the day of borrowing the treasury, believers can purchase a loan item from the temple or a nearby store, and then follow the steps below to borrow the treasury:
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Light three incense sticks and insert them into the incense burner
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Beat the temple bell and drum three times each
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Meditate on prayers to Avalokitesvara
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Cremation of goods borrowed from the treasury, such as Avalokitesvara clothes, lucky treasures, longevity gold, ingots, incense candles, etc., or according to temple regulations
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Add sesame oil
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Receive the “Treasury Money” with a silver code written on red paper, and put the Treasury Money in your wallet
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Put the fortune star token on the wealth position at home, and eat lettuce and eight treasures
Avalokitesvara Loan Items
Avalokitesvara loan items include ingots, candles, longevity gold, Avalokitesvara garments, longevity incense, pear incense, fortune packages (facai, lilies, peanuts), flowers and shadows for fortune, clothing and food cards, clothing and food key chains, and library silver profit market wait. Generally, shops attached to temples will also sell special treasure candles for borrowing treasury, and the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals temples will worship the gods with clothing treasures and incense candles for believers, believers can decide whether they need to prepare by themselves according to the situation.
Avalokitesvara Borrowing Treasury Taboos
Once you borrow from Guanyin, you must borrow for at least three consecutive years, and you must return the treasury before the next borrowing. In addition, there must be no malice or greed in the prayer of borrowing treasury.
